Organizational unlearning as changes in beliefs and routines in organizations

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 794-812

  Akgün, Ali E ^a   Byrne, John C ^b   Lynn, Gary S ^c   Keskin, Halit ^a  

^a GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning organizations; Memory; Organizational change; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 35348885557     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810710831028     Document Type: Article

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